The number of regular semisimple conjugacy classes in the finite classical groups.

DOI10.1016/j.laa.2013.03.031zbMath1295.20048arXiv1209.3345MaRDI QIDQ2637163

Jason Fulman, Robert M. Guralnick

Publication date: 19 February 2014

Published in: Linear Algebra and its Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1209.3345

zbMATH Keywords

generating functions; numbers of conjugacy classes; finite classical groups; regular semisimple conjugacy classes

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

05A15: Exact enumeration problems, generating functions

20E45: Conjugacy classes for groups

20G40: Linear algebraic groups over finite fields

20D60: Arithmetic and combinatorial problems involving abstract finite groups

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